Oral Hildebrand

Oral Clyde Hildebrand (1907–1977) was a right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1940 with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, and New York Yankees. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Butler University, where he starred as a basketball center, helping lead Butler to the 1929 national collegiate championship and serving as team captain in 1930. In his breakout 1933 season with Cleveland, Hildebrand went 16–11, led the American League in shutouts with six, threw a one-hitter on April 26, and was selected to the All-Star team. He went 30–28 for the Indians over the following three seasons before being traded to St. Louis in 1937.